This portrait looks like an oil painting you would see in an art gallery, but
it is in fact a finger painting created using an Apple iPad.

This three-hour sitting has been condensed into a five-minute timelapse video during which Kassan using a variety of virtual brushes. You can watch the painting take shape from blank screen to finished artwork from 6'20.

Comedian Stephen Fry, an Apple aficionado, tweeted about the video to his followers on Tuesday night after spotting it on YouTube.

David Kassan is not the first artist to use the iPad for his work.

David Hockney, 73, has long been a convert to Apple's products. Last year he started doing pictures on his iPhone, stating: "BlackBerries are for secretaries and clerical workers while the iPhone is used by artistic people."